baking

in carbon chemistry

The process in which the carbonaceous binder, usually coal tar pitch or petroleum pitch, as part of a shaped carbon mix is converted to carbon yielding a rigid carbon body by the slow application of heat. The process can take
as little as
in coarse-grained, electrothermic grades (low binder level) and as long as
in ultra-fine-grained, speciality grades (high binder level). The final baking temperature can be in the range of
–
,
depending on the grade.

Source:

PAC, 1995, 67, 473
(Recommended terminology for the description of carbon as a solid (IUPAC Recommendations
1995))
on page 477